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Norwegian Jewel Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

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Review: 1
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Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Norwegian Jewel

7 Night Western Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 20, 2006

Ship: Norwegian Jewel

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 14 years ago

Review summary

Jewel of the Sea. A Freetyle cruise. August 19 to 27... Great ports of calls. Excursions were cancelled.... Too bad. Not enough time to go to Rome or to Florence. The excursion desk was very unfrienly, nasty and did not try to accomodate the customers. Took an excursion to the Cinque Terre that was a great excursion. Magnificent views and good guide (hired from the outside). Food was excelent and enough for everyone. But, 4 restaurants charge a fee.... Is good if you want to get away from the 750 plus kids in the ship. Parents did not care... they were up until 1 in the morning.... they invaded the jacussi and the pool. You should advise people of the condition that is a ship for kids with parents that did not discipline them. I love kids but they should be controlled and not all over the floors in the different areas at night. and even the crew did not care and let them get away with anything.... And they go FREE. Reception Desk was very good and the shows were great Until next time... but not FREESTYLE!

Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

1 out of 5
No time to go to Rome .......... Stay in Civitavecchia and shop

Villefranche-Sur-Mer, France

5 out of 5

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

1 out of 5
No time to go to Rome .......... Stay in Civitavecchia and shop

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5
Cancelled our tour to Tuscany.... tood bad. But took a tour to Cinque Terre that was the higholight of our tour
Don't Miss: Cinque Terre MAGNIFICENT

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5
Cancelled our tour to Tuscany.... tood bad. But took a tour to Cinque Terre that was the higholight of our tour
Don't Miss: Cinque Terre MAGNIFICENT

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5
the only place that you could see was Naples.... not enough time for anything else. We did it on our own.
Don't Miss: Capri and the Town

Messina, Sicily

5 out of 5

Messina, Sicily

5 out of 5

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5
the only place that you could see was Naples.... not enough time for anything else. We did it on our own.
Don't Miss: Capri and the Town

Villefranche-Sur-Mer, France

5 out of 5

Pros: The Ports of Call

Cons: Freestyle cruising... too many infants on board, kids took over the areas of the ship, parents did not care... a caos

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